sharp-tailed grouse

[ shahrp-teyld ]

noun

1. a grouse, Pedioecetes phasianellus, of prairies and open forests of western North America, similar in size to the prairie chicken but with a more pointed tail.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sharp-tailed grouse¹

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Example Sentences

In the fall of 2020, he brought her home to the Montana prairies of her youth one last time to run through the fields in search of sharp-tailed grouse.

From Outside Online

The Columbian sharp-tailed grouse is the "prairie chicken" of eastern Washington.

From Project Gutenberg

During the course of the forenoon he and Bell went off again, and brought home an old and young of the Sharp-tailed Grouse.

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The Sharp-tailed Grouse feeds on rose-berries and the seeds of the wild sunflower and grasshoppers.

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The Sharp-tailed Grouse are first-rate eating now, as they feed entirely on grasshoppers, and berries of different kinds.

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After Harris returned to the fort he saw six Sharp-tailed Grouse.

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